"Future library board members may find subdividing and selling some acreage to a commercial user to be both lucrative and irresistible" with the 25-acre lot, said the staff in its report to the commission.

Having the size limited to 10 acres provides the library ample room to grow, the staff said in its report.

Housing project on Cumberland gets a go ahead

The commission voted unanimously to approve a housing project on the corner of Cumberland Avenue and U.S. 231.